Gold could peak at $2,000 next year

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Gold prices are on track to hit $2,000 an ounce by early next year, but this could mark the end of the more-than-a-decade-long boom.

Metals consultancy GFMS reckons that investors will continue to flock to gold as a safe haven in coming months as the eurozone debt crisis looks to be far from over and there could be more monetary easing globally if America's recovery falters - last week's lacklustre jobs data were a taste of that.